Kosinj
44°44′11″N 15°16′36″E / 44.73639°N 15.27667°E
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Kosinj, also known as Kosinj Valley, is a hilly region in Perušić municipality, Lika-Senj County, Croatia. It contains three villages: Gornji Kosinj and Donji Kosinj, which are connected by the Kosinj Bridge on the Lika river, and Bakovac Kosinjski. The population of the villages is 752 according to the 2011 census.
History
Middle Ages
Many Croatian archaeological sites, such as
Renaissance
One of the oldest printers in south Slavic, that wrote in Glagolitic breviary, was the first and oldest book known to have been printed on Croatian soil using the
Ottoman Era
The Kosinj area remained after the Turks from the end of thirty Vlach families. They are the Krajina authorities have expressed the wish to remain in their homes. Since the end Kosinj remained rather poorly populated, Krajina administration has moved here from the Croatian settlers Ogulin and upper Pokuplje. The description of Kosinj by Bishop Glavinić, says that this place is divided into Upper, Middle and Lower Village. In the Upper Kosinj Glavinić is found forty houses of Croatian immigrants from Pokuplje. In the Middle Kosinj, a hundred houses Vlach population, lived in the Lower Kosinj Croats who moved here from Ogulin. In all three Kosinj village was then about 400 Croats and 300 Blaise. The Border writings known as the surnames of immigrants who are late 17th century welcomed to Kosinj.
In later development Kosinje Central Village changed its name to Zamost. Thus up to now remained only 2 Kosinje, Lower and Upper. The upper creek is about Bakovac and its compositions with the river Lika, and the lower few kilometers further north along the creek mentioned.
Geography
The area is full of farmland that contains
The character of the river
In the Kosinj valley are
Culture
Denison is the culture and history is certainly the most important place as the first Croatian printing of books, missals Kosinjski, 1483rd year, which was printed in the mobile shop royalty
There is many churches in the area, such as:
- St Antun Church
- St Vid Church
- St John the Baptist Church
- St Anne Church
- St Petar i Pavao Church
- St Joseph Church
There was evidence of seven churches and two monasteries in Kosinj, written in
References
- ^ "Turizam - Perušić - Lika - Turistička zajednica Opčine Perušić". Tz-perusic.hr. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ Kulundžić, Zvonimir (1983). 500. obljetnica kosinjskog misala - prve hrvatske tiskanje knjige. Zagreb.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Kosinj-Raj na Zemlji". demo.ctk-rijeka.hr. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.